| Representative beetle pathways on the
prairie dog town and adjacent grassland. There were few obstacles
on the prairie dog town to deflect the directed movements of
beetles. The 2 beetles were followed for 100 5 sec. steps.
The beetle on the prairie dog town moved 2 times as far (1517
cm vs. 741 cm), had a net displacement almost 6 times as far
(926 cm vs. 157 cm), and its pathway fractal dimension was more
linear (D = 1.12 vs. 1.36) than the beetle tracked on the grassland
habitat, respectively. |
